Drennan’s Sean Trafford made the most of his time off over Christmas and spent a day afloat an Oxfordshire Stillwater in search of some of the big pike which lurk below its surface. Making the most of a rise in temperature, Sean arranged for a day’s pike fishing with his dad… Read more
A small Nottinghamshire gravel pit produced this huge 31lb 13oz pike. Local angler Dave Newman was float fishing a roach over 15ft of water when the new personal best fell into his trap. It was one of five fish that he landed during the session and it tops a great… Read more
Perseverance paid off on the River Thurne for Reggie Blake with this super 33lb 4oz pike. The specimen came during a night session on the Norfolk venue, after 10 previous blank trips, to a joey mackerel bait. He used a free-running lead rig, two treble hooks and an 18ins long… Read more
When using a paternoster or a free roving float for pike fishing it is always important to use an up-trace. To fish without an up-trace can lead to bite-offs and a lost pike will often result in the fish being unable to shake the hooks. To save having to remake… Read more
Another trout and it would have been a record” those are the words of pike angler Peter Coxhead following the capture of a record shaking 44lb specimen. This huge predator was boated at the end of a three-day session on renowned pike fishing water Chew Valley Reservoir. The Portsmouth-based angler… Read more
Luke Mayher caught this two impressive perch weighing 4lb 8oz and 2lb 8oz on live baits whilst fishing a gravel pit in Kent during his first trip of the season.
